Recent Press

Interview with 'A Jazz Noise':

http://ajazznoise.com/7-questions-for-colin-webster/

Interview with 'Opduvel' (in Dutch):

https://opduvel.com/2017/03/28/colin-webster-rauwe-improvisator-en-lo-fi-labelbaas/

DunningWebsterUnderwood 'Viol Of Acetate' reviewed in The Quietus:

http://thequietus.com/articles/22051-casual-nun-shitmat-kiran-leonard-colin-webster-album-review

Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg 'Plastic Knuckle' reviewed in The Quietus:

http://thequietus.com/articles/21822-jazz-review-matthew-shipp-the-necks-george-lewis-album

Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg 'Plastic Knuckle' and Cheetham / Webster / Willberg 'The Small Departs, The Great Approaches' reviewed in Dalston Sound:

https://dalstonsound.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/birchall-cheetham-webster-willberg-plastic-knuckle/

Birchall / Smal / Webster 'Drop Out' reviewed in His Voice (in Czech):

http://www.hisvoice.cz/cz/articles/detail/3337

Plastic Knuckle

New release on Raw Tonk Records, 'Plastic Knuckle' is a studio session with Andrew Cheetham on drums, Otto Willberg on bass, and David Birchall on guitar. This is the follow-up album to 'Night Streets of Madness' by this Manchester based quartet.



Line-up: David Birchall - guitar, Andrew Cheetham - drums, Colin Webster - alto and baritone saxophones, Otto Willberg - double bass.

The Small Departs, The Great Approaches

New release on Raw Tonk Records, 'The Small Departs, The Great Approaches' is a trio studio session with Andrew Cheetham on drums and Otto Willberg on bass. The session was recorded at the Islington Mill in Salford by Sam Weaver.

Line-up: Andrew Cheetham - drums, Colin Webster - tenor and baritone saxophones, Otto Willberg - double bass.

Recent Live Recordings

Colin Webster - Alto & Baritone Saxophones
Mark Holub - Drums

Hundred Years Gallery, London
20th November 2015

David Birchall - Guitar
Andrew Cheetham - Drums
Colin Webster - Alto Saxophone
Otto Willberg - Bass

Cafe Oto, London
16th December 2015

Live at Mick Beck's House

Audio / photo-collage from the Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg gig at Mick Beck's house in Sheffield, during our tour at the end of last year.

Thanks to Mick Beck and also Rick Moran for the photos.

David Birchall - Guitar
Andrew Cheetham - Drums
Colin Webster - Alto & Baritone Saxophones
Otto Willberg - Double Bass

Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg - Winter Tour

David Birchall - Guitar

Andrew Cheetham - Drums

Colin Webster - Saxophones

Otto Willberg - Double Bass

Recent Press

DunningWebsterUnderwood - Bleed
"..a slow, steady exploitation of applied pressure, an improvisation structured on deep breath-blooms like monolithic, dry ice-shrouded Sunn O))) riffs, stretched and slowed." Tim Owen, Dalston Sound

Birchall/Cheetham/Webster/Willberg - Night Streets Of Madness

"Even in the realm of free improvisation, music rarely sounded this brutally physical. Each of these four virtuoso instrumentalists is given the space to produce some of their best individual improvisations and solos to date, but Night Streets Of Madness works best when they play as one single instinctive entity, somehow twisting punishing impulsiveness into densely textured long form (spontaneous) compositions." Tristan Bath, The Quietus

Reviews of 'Bleed', 'Night Streets Of Madness', and Dikeman/Serries/Lisle/Webster - Live at Cafe Oto 

"Webster.. has an instinctive gift for hooking up with sound-makers of all stripes, his questing drive to produce far-out sounds balanced only by the generosity and egalitarianism of his own musical practices. You could say that he plays ‘in the pocket’ – a strange term to use for a horn player, yet it reflects Webster’s ability to lock into a groups’ dynamic, neither dominating it with his contributions nor becoming submerged." Paul Margree, We Need No Swords.

All albums available from http://colinwebster.bandcamp.com

Photo credit: Dawid Laskowski

Night Streets Of Madness

New release on the excellent Manchester based Tombed Visions label. 'Night Streets Of Madness' is the debut album by Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg quartet.

Recorded at the legendary Islington Mill in Salford, Night Streets Of Madness is available on limited edition cassette and download.

Line-up: David Birchall (guitar), Andrew Cheetham (drums), Colin Webster (tenor and baritone saxophones), Otto Willberg (double bass).

Birchall / Cheetham / Webster / Willberg

Audio / photo-collage from a recent gig by an exciting new quartet formation with Manchester-based players: David Birchall (guitar), Andrew Cheetham (drums), and Otto Willberg (double bass).

Thanks to Hundred Years Gallery for the photos and Graham Dunning for the recording.

The debut album by this quartet will be released later in the year by the excellent Tombed Visions record label.

Fat Out Festival

Manchester based record label 'Tombed Visions' are curating a stage of unique collaborations at this year's Fat Out Festival. They have invited me to perform with the guitar/drums duo of David Birchall and Andrew Cheetham, combining free improv, drone and noise rock.

More info on the event here:

http://www.fatout.co.uk/colin-webster-vs-the-birchall/4584056807

A track from the Birchall Cheetham's debut album 'Tipping Point':

https://tombedvisionsrecords.bandcamp.com